“There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.”

A man’s reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Young man, make your name worth something.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owing real estate.

I don’t believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

tall oaks from little acorns grow.

You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced

I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.

Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.

Part of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which the gospel can be heard as an intellectually viable option for thinking men and women.

Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Reason is a tool to help us better understand and defend our faith; as Anselm put it, ours is a faith that seeks understanding.

Dear swimmer, saltwater’s not for sinking it’s supposed to help you float. – float.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.